The City of Kimberley is in the midst of 2026 budget deliberations and is proposing a lower tax levy increase than the year prior.
The city is looking at an additional $318,447 needed for this years budget.
To reach that number the tax adjustment would be 2.21 per cent.
Last year’s was 6.99 per cent.
That number isn’t finalized and could end up higher or lower.
“Usually we still get a couple of tweaks that will change things a little bit by maybe a tenth of a percent but if this is where we’re starting I think this is pretty awesome,” said councillor Jason McBain.
“Well done to everybody.”
There are a number of ways the tax levy could be lowered.
That includes deferring or reducing proposed changes, adjusting service levels, increasing non-tax revenue or reallocating contributions to general capital reserves.
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